Needs a Camera

STINSAN3 · July 15, 2012

I need a new camera. I had this Kodiak camera, but its 5 years old and I have no idea where it is. Its been lost for 2 years. Nothing great, it was just a cheap one.

I need a new one to post bigger pictures on here, my cell phone won't take bigger, clearer pics, if I zoom it out on my software....its gets blurry and not clear. Unless, someone knows a path to make it a lot bigger without making it look bad while stretching it and making it very clear. Sometimes the pictures I take on my cell doesn't do justice unless I wanna post them on FB.

But anyways, I was thinking about getting a Canon, Kodiak, or something like that. I want a reliable brand that you can trust. My spending limit on a camera is max is $300. I would mostly be taking pics of vehicles, 4wheelers, hunting trips, and going on 4 wheeler trips to take pictures, scenery wise. After you detail a vehicle, I like to take photos of my work, I take proud of what I do.

I would greatly appreciate it, what do yall use?

kstruckcountry · July 16, 2012

My main camera is a Pentax Optio WS80. It's 10 megapixels, with a 5X optical zoom. It's water/dust proof which is a nice feature for me. It takes great pictures and pretty good video. It has a bunch of preset modes, anything from underwater to snow(keeps the picture from being as bright). It's tough, and it's way easier to carry around than my Canon Rebel. I think it cost under $200 when I got it a few years ago, I bet the current model is up to 30MP by now.

There's a lot of nice point and shoots out there.

brantjs · July 16, 2012

I just bought a Canon Elph 310 towards the end of April for my wife. We haven't used it a ton yet, but so far so good. It's a 12.1 MP with 8X optical zoom so it takes pretty decent pictures, and it does HD video too. I also have a Canon Rebel XT SLR with a few lenses, and honestly for the majority of situations if you don't need a bunch of extra flash the point and shoot Elph does just as good. I paid $200 at Amazon, but it doesn't come with a SD card. By the time I got a high end SD card to keep up with the camera, a screen protector, and a small padded case for it, I probably was all in at around $250 or so with the accessories included.